- Client-centered approach
- Practical coping skills
- Adoption and foster care focus
About Shonnia
Shonnia Spears is an LPC who aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental place where people can feel heard. She focuses on listening, encouraging, and helping each person rediscover their strengths. Her approach is gentle and paced to the individual's comfort level so people can move forward without pressure.
Shonnia believes healing begins with being understood. She uses straightforward conversations to help people name their struggles and set small, clear goals. Topics she commonly addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
Her work also includes attention to adoption and foster care concerns, multicultural issues, women's matters, and challenges young adults face. She blends client-centered conversations with practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused steps. Motivational interviewing helps when people are unsure about change or need a boost to try something different.
Sessions focus on what helps in daily life - coping skills, clearer thinking, and realistic next steps. Shonnia aims to make therapy feel manageable for busy lives. She supports people as they try new approaches and notice what makes a difference.
Shonnia practices in Texas and communicates in English. She brings seven years of counseling experience to her work and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC.
How these approaches work for online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel understood and decide their own next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns and manage anxiety or low mood. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or ambivalent about change by exploring their own reasons and confidence for trying new behaviors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust the plan as progress is noticed.
The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, cut down on travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that is useful. Many people find that working with a licensed professional remotely helps them practice skills in the context of everyday life and keeps progress moving between appointments.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can I bring to sessions?
Shonnia works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger, parenting strain, relationship concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She also addresses adoption and foster care related matters and multicultural or women's issues.
What is her general therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and conversational, with an emphasis on listening and encouraging. She combines practical strategies with supportive conversation to help people try small changes and track what helps.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of counseling experience working with people on a variety of life challenges. That background informs a practical, steady approach to problem solving.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC, and practices in Texas.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients as noted. Conversations are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
The therapist's original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking to ensure they meet your needs.
How are costs handled and what is the payment model?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.